SARASOTA, Fla., April 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a biotechnology company focused on developing novel intranasal therapies for brain-related disorders, today announced that Chief Medical Officer Dr. James Kelly participated in a panel discussion at the 3rd Nasal Formulation & Delivery Summit, which took place April 1-3, 2025, in Boston, MA. The conference brought together industry... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., March 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a biotechnology company focused on developing novel intranasal therapies for brain-related conditions, today provided shareholders with an update on its strategic and financial progress for the first quarter of 2025. The Company has made meaningful advancements across regulatory, clinical, financial, and partnership initiatives, further... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a biotechnology company advancing innovative treatments for concussion and brain-related health conditions, today announced the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2025. The Company’s audited consolidated financial statements... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., March 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a biotechnology company advancing innovative treatments for concussion and brain-related health conditions, today announced the submission of its Investigator’s Brochure (IB) application in preparation for its Phase II clinical trial using ONP-002 in Australia. This milestone represents an important step in advancing ONP-002, a novel... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Feb. 25, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc . (NYSE American: OGEN), a biotechnology company advancing innovative treatments for concussion and brain-related health conditions, today announced its participation at the Emergencies in Medicine Conference, where Dr. James Kelly, Chief Medical Officer and Oragenics' Medical Advisory Board Member, will present on the advancement of concussion treatments. The... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Feb. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a biotechnology company advancing innovative treatments for concussion and brain-related health conditions, proudly announces that its Chief Medical Officer, Dr. James Kelly, has been appointed to the Medical Board of The Leigh Steinberg Foundation for Concussion, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Brain Health. The Leigh Steinberg Foundation... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. and RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a biotechnology company advancing innovative treatments for concussion and brain-related health conditions, today announced a strategic partnership with BRAINBox Solutions, a leader in multi-modality diagnostics for traumatic brain injury (TBI). This collaboration seeks to develop the first intranasal therapy for mild... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a biotechnology company advancing innovative treatments for concussion and brain-related health conditions, today announced that its Chief Medical Officer, James P. Kelly, MA, MD, FAAN, FANA, will be a featured panelist at the 12th Annual Brain Health Summit, held in conjunction with this year’s Super Bowl celebrations in New Orleans on... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a biotechnology company advancing innovative treatments for brain-related health conditions, today provided an update on its strategic progress since its last capital raise in September 2024. The Company also announced the appointment of Janet Huffman as its new interim Chief Executive Officer. Strategic Progress Since Capital Raise... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE: OGEN), a biotechnology company advancing innovative treatments for brain-related health conditions, today announced the conversion of its remaining outstanding convertible Series A and Series B Preferred Shares into common stock. The conversion helps simplify the company’s capital structure and eliminates approximately $2.35 million in liquidation... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Oct. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing new treatments for brain-related health conditions, announced it will be presenting at the Centurion One Capital 2nd Annual Bahamas Summit to be held at the Rosewood Baha Mar Hotel on October 22-23, 2024, in Nassau, Bahamas. Michael Redmond, President of Oragenics, will participate in a corporate... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Oct. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing novel therapies for neurological disorders, today provided a corporate update reflecting on the company’s progress throughout 2024, including key milestones in the development of ONP-002, its lead candidate for the treatment of concussions. Company Overview: A Vision for Innovation in... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing new treatments for brain-related health conditions, has completed a key study for their new concussion drug, ONP-002. This drug is designed to be delivered through the nose, which could help it reach the brain quickly after a head injury. The recent study shows that the drug successfully targets areas... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Sept. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced the closing of its previously announced offering of 3,078,378 shares of its common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase up to 5,028,206 shares of common stock at an offering price of $0.55 per share and... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Sept. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc . (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced that it has entered into a placement agency agreement for the purchase and sale of 8,106,584 shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) at an offering price of $0.55 per share (or... Read More

Falls and car accidents lead incidence of concussions in emergency departments Spray-dried drug formulation allows for easy delivery to patients No pharmaceutical treatment is available for concussion; drug, ONP-002, could be first of its kind to treat concussion SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“the Company”), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) ("the Company"), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced recent and key 2024 business progress. The Company continues to execute its business strategy to develop and advance its lead candidate, ONP-002, for the treatment of concussion. Phase 2 human... Read More

ONP-002 stability eliminates need for cumbersome cold storage No FDA-approved pharmaceutical treatment available for concussion SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced its lead candidate for treating concussion, ONP-002, is stable across a wide... Read More

ONP-002 showed no cancer-causing DNA damage Phase II clinical trial being planned SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc . (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced its lead candidate for treating concussion, ONP-002, successfully completed a study that indicates it does not cause DNA damage... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced its lead candidate for treating concussion successfully completed a study that indicates ONP-002 does not cause cardiotoxicity. ONP-002 is a new chemical entity (NCE) designed to target the brain through... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., July 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced it has developed a new formulation for its novel neurosteroid. Oragenics’ lead drug candidate for concussion, ONP-002, is a new chemical entity (NCE) designed to target the brain through delivery into the nasal... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., June 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced it has completed a prototype of its automated intranasal device for use in concussed patients who are initially confused, dazed or unconscious in the acute phase of injury. Oragenics’ lead drug candidate,... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., June 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced the closing of its public offering of 1,100,000 shares of its common stock at an offering price of $1.00 per share. The gross proceeds of the offering are approximately $1.1 million before deducting placement... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., June 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced that it has entered into a placement agency agreement for the purchase and sale of 1,100,000 shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof) at an offering price of $1.00 per share. The... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., June 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced that it intends to offer and sell shares of its common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof). All of the securities to be sold in the offering are to be offered by Oragenics. The... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., June 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced that it received a notice (the “Notice”) from the NYSE American LLC (the “NYSE American”) dated June 18, 2024, notifying the Company that it has accepted the Company’s plan to regain compliance with NYSE... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., May 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced it has appointed Dr. William “Frank” Peacock as its Chief Clinical Officer, who will conduct its anticipated Phase II clinical trial for treating concussion in the Emergency Department (“ED”). Oragenics’ lead... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., May 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a pioneering pharmaceutical company specializing in intranasal treatments for neurological disorders, today announced that the company will host a webinar panel on Neurotrauma Medicine Monday, May 20, 2024, at 12:00 PM ET. The discussion will address the unmet medical need in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), commonly known as concussion,... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., May 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a pioneering pharmaceutical company specializing in intranasal treatments for neurological disorders, today announced an update on the company and its drug development program. Oragenics is designing an upcoming Phase II clinical trial conducted in acute and emergency departments. The company is preparing to initiate a Phase II clinical... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla., May 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a pioneer in developing innovative intranasal pharmaceuticals for neurological disorders, today announced a partnership with Avance Clinical, a leading Contract Research Organization (CRO), to conduct a Phase II clinical trial in Australia. This trial aims to evaluate Oragenics' lead drug candidate, ONP-002, for mild Traumatic Brain... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. / Apr 19, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced that it received a notice (the “Notice”) from the NYSE American LLC (the “NYSE American”) dated April 18, 2024, notifying the Company that it is no longer in compliance with NYSE American continued listing... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. / Apr 01, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced that it has filed its annual report on March 29, 2024. The Company is pleased to report it has executed on its strategy to diversify its product development portfolio and makes progress in... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. / Mar 18, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced it has appointed Dr. James “Jim” Kelly, Neurologist, as its Chief Medical Officer, to oversee its upcoming Phase II clinical trial. Oragenics’ lead drug candidate, ONP-002 is combined with its intranasal device... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. / Mar 05, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced it is preparing to undertake the final steps of GMP manufacturing and formulation of its drug candidate for its expected Phase IIA clinical trial. The drug candidate is expected to be combined with its novel... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. / Mar 01, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal nanoparticle pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 1,400,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $1.50 per share, for gross... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. / Feb 27, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal nanoparticle pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 1,400,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $1.50 per share, for gross proceeds of $2.1 million,... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. / Feb 27, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal nanoparticle pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced that it intends to offer to sell shares of its common stock (and/or pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of common stock (“Pre-Funded Warrants”) in lieu thereof) in an... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. / Feb 12, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (the “Company”), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal nanoparticle pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced that, on February 12, 2024, the Company and Kimberly Murphy, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, entered into a mutually agreeable Separation Agreement (the “Separation Agreement”),... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. / Feb 07, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal nanoparticle pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced that its engagement agreement with its investment bank has expired and that it does not intend to extend the engagement at this time due to market conditions. About ONP-002 ONP-002 is a fully... Read More

SARASOTA, Fla. / Feb 05, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN), a company focused on developing unique, intranasal nanoparticle pharmaceuticals for the treatment of neurological disorders, today announced it is preparing for a Phase II clinical trial using its novel drug - device combination for the treatment of mild Traumatic Brain Injury, aka concussion. Oragenics’ lead drug candidate, ONP-002, is a... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. / Jan 23, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”) today announced it has terminated its previously announced “at-the-market” (“ATM”) equity offering program. The Company has initiated the 5-day termination process of the ATM offering, with the termination to take effect on January 30, 2024. The Company will make no sales under the ATM offering during this... Read More

Adds Clinical-Stage Product Pipeline, Expands Intranasal Drug Delivery Technologies, Names Michael Redmond as President of Oragenics TAMPA, Fla. / Jan 02, 2024 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”) announces it has completed its previously announced acquisition of assets related to Odyssey Health, Inc.’s (OTCQB: ODYY) (“Odyssey”) proprietary neurological drug therapies and... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. / Nov 02, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN): Fellow Shareholders, As our annual meeting date approaches and in response to valuable feedback from our shareholders, I believe it important to highlight and summarize some of the information in our proxy statement regarding the proposed increase in our authorized shares as well as our cost-saving efforts. Odyssey Asset Purchase On October... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. / Oct 18, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”) announced the appointments of Bruce Cassidy and John Gandolfo to the Board of Directors effective October 4, 2023. “We are delighted to welcome Bruce Cassidy and John Gandolfo to the Oragenics Board,” said Charlie Pope, Chairman of Oragenics. “Bruce’s deep experience in high-technology global businesses will be... Read More

Gains Nasal Delivery Technologies and Expands Product Pipeline TAMPA, Fla. & LAS VEGAS / Oct 05, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”) and Odyssey Health, Inc. (OTCQB: ODYY ) (“Odyssey”) announce the signing of a definitive agreement under which Oragenics will acquire Odyssey’s assets related to its proprietary neurological drug therapies and technologies. The assets... Read More

Potential to Protect Against Dental Caries, a Global Health Issue TAMPA, Fla. / Sep 29, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”) and Lantern Bioworks announce a groundbreaking partnership, marked by the formalization of a materials transfer agreement. This milestone follows rigorous testing and validation of Oragenics’ biological samples, which are poised to potentially... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. / Aug 07, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), biotech company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases including coronaviruses, today announced it has entered into definitive agreements with two healthcare-focused investors, in which the Company issued in a private placement (the “Private Placement Offering”), an aggregate of (i) 404,728 shares of the... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. / Jun 05, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases, announces the award of a grant from CQDM, a Canadian bioresearch consortium, for the collaborative development of a variant-agnostic COVID-19 protein subunit vaccine candidate. The project, which aims to build upon Oragenics’ current lead... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. / Mar 29, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases including COVID-19, announces that Kim Murphy, Chief Executive Officer, will be participating in the World Vaccine Congress Washington, being held April 3-6, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Ms. Murphy will be holding meetings to highlight the company’s... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. / Mar 14, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases, today reports favorable findings from third party laboratory testing of several compounds in Oragenics’ lantibiotics platform to combat multiple pathogens despite the resistance of those pathogens to standard-of-care antibiotics. Lantibiotics are... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. / Mar 08, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases including COVID-19, announces the appointment of Janet Huffman as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 7, 2023. Ms. Huffman is a seasoned financial executive with more than a dozen years of leadership experience at publicly traded and private... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. / Mar 01, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a biotech company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases including COVID-19, today announced that the Company has entered into an exclusive global license agreement with Inspirevax Inc. for its novel intranasal mucosal adjuvant, BDX301, for the development of NT-CoV2-1, Oragenics’ lead intranasal COVID-19... Read More

TAMPA, Fla. / Feb 03, 2023 / Business Wire / Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a biotech company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases including COVID-19, today announced that the Company has received formal notice from the NYSE American, LLC (“NYSE American”) stating that the Company has regained compliance with the NYSE American’s continued listing standards. The notice the Company... Read More

Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”) , a biotech company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases including COVID-19, today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) on December 22, 2022 approved a 1-for-60 reverse stock split of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, accompanied by a corresponding decrease in the Company’s... Read More

No toxicity found in NT-CoV2-1, supports regulatory filing for Phase 1 study Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a biotechnology company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases including COVID-19, today announced results indicating no toxicity signals or adverse events from its Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) toxicology study in rabbits evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of its... Read More

Oragenics, Inc. (NYSE American: OGEN) (“Oragenics” or the “Company”), a biotech company dedicated to fighting infectious diseases including COVID-19, today announced that it received a Notice (the “Notice”) on December 19, 2022 from the NYSE American LLC (the “NYSE American”) stating that the Company is not in compliance with the continued listing standards as set forth in Section 1003(f)(v) of the NYSE American Company... Read More